The Osterman Weekend 1983

Critics score:
43 / 100

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Vincent Canby, New York Times: Some individual sequences -- including a car chase early in the film - have the lunatic humor that might have made the rest of the film bearable, though probably nothing would justify the film's final blood bath. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: The structure is a mess (the film was recut against Peckinpah's wishes), which ultimately makes it difficult to tell whether its oddly compelling qualities are the result of a coherent artistic strategy or the cynical carelessness of a director sidelined. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: I don't demand that all movies make sense. I sometimes enjoy movies that make no sense whatsoever, if that's their intention. But a thriller is supposed to hold together in some sort of logical way, isn't it? Read more

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